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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1904

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The War

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 2

A telegram from the Vienna correspondent of the “Narodni Listy” [?] leading daily paper published in Prague) states that the ice on Lake…

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War News. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 4

An English missionary has reached Newchawang, and reports that the Japanese have succeeded in landing a large army at Possilt Bay, South Vladivostock,…

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Latest War News. the Missing Japanese Fleet

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 3

The wereabouts of the Japanese naval commander is the chief mystory at present…

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The War. To-day's News. Japanese Artillery

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 3

Six batteries of Japanese artillery hare been landed at Chemulpo. The Japanese are delaying disembarkation believing that the harbor at…

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Export Trade in Rabbits. Impetus given by the War

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 2

IT is stated that several large orders have been placed with Sydney and Melbourne firms for [?] and [?]ares for the East. During last month contracts were…

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Peace or War

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

The lost ten days have witnessed the growth of an exceedingly depressed and pessimistic opinion as to the chances of a general war springing…

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Australians and the War

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

The Times of India publishes the following amusing paragraph from its London correspondent:— While the war continues to be on affair of the…

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The War. Russia and Japan

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

Fifteen Japanese warships made another attack on Port Arthur on Monday. Two hours furious bombardment…

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War News. a Russian Story

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 6

The Russians declare that there was found at low tide inside Port Arthur a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer, which was sunk in the attempt on the…

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The War in the East

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 1

Admiral Makaroff has reached Port Arthur and taken over command of the forces. It formerly look vessels half an hour to enter Port Arthur harbour but now it takes two…

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Latest Cablegrams. the War. Blundered Badly

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 5

General Dragomiriff, formerly Governor of Warsaw, advised the Czar to withdraw the fleet and army from Port Arthur. While the advice was not accepted, a…

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Latest War News. the Japanese Advance

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 1

It is understood that three Japanese forces are moving upon Part Arthur. Vladivostock, and the Yalu. Reti[?]ence and secrecy are maintained with regard to their plans, which…

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WAR! Russia and Japan. London

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

Five Russian torpedo boats at Fort Arthur have started for Algiers to watch for contraband while cruising…

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WAR! Russia and Japan. London

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

It is reported that the Japanese have landed at Possiet Bay and occupied Hu[?]shan. The Russian garrison fled with the woro[?] and children…

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Orders That the Soldier Never Obeys

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 6

The soldier is generally looked on as the personification of obedience, and it will therefore come as a revelation to many to be told that some of the most strigent…

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The War

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 March 1904 · page 2

The Russians at Hsinenintein, near Mukden, are sorely harrassing the people, and impressing naval merchant as common laborers…

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The War

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 3

The Russians declare that of the four [?]ken vessols off Port Arthur the nearest the harbor mouth was ablaze for some time…

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The War. Humane Japs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 3

Twenty two Russians sailors who were rescued from the cruiser Voryag, after being carefully nursed at Chemulpo have been transferred to a…

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War News. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 4

The Russians at Hsimmintin, 40 miles out of Mukden, are sorely harrassing the people. At Niuchwang the Russians are…

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The War in the East

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 3

Advices from Tokio state that two vessels, carrying Australian coal, also British, Norwegian and German vessels with coal and provisions on board, have passed through Thegarn…

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